Born On This Day In Music: August 17th

1979 – Mike Lewis
Mike Lewis, guitarist, from Welsh rock band Lostprophets, who scored the 2006 UK No.1 album Liberation Transmission.

1977 – Claire Richards
Claire Richards, singer with British dance-pop group Steps. Between 1997 and 2001 Steps scored two No.1 singles in the UK, two No.1 albums and 14 consecutive top 5 singles in the UK.

1969 – Donnie Wahlberg
American songwriter, actor, Donnie Wahlberg, from American boy band New Kids On The Block, who had the 1989 UK No.1 single ‘You Got It, The Right Stuff’, and the 1990 US No.1 single ‘Step By Step’. They enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s and have sold more than 80 million records worldwide.

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1969 – Kelvin Mercer
Kelvin Mercer from American hip hop trio De La Soul who had the 1990 UK No.7 single ‘The Magic Number’.

1966 – Jill Cunniff
Jill Cunniff, Luscious Jackson, singer, (1997 UK No.25 single ‘Naked Eye’).

1965 – Steve Gorman
Steve Gorman, drummer with The Black Crowes, who had the 1991 hit single ‘Hard To Handle’ and the 1992 US No.1 & UK No.2 album The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion. The band have sold more than 30 million albums.

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1964 – Maria Mckee
Maria Mckee, singer, Lone Justice (1987 UK No.45 single ‘I Found Out’), solo, (1990 UK No.1 single ‘Show Me Heaven’).

1962 – Gilby Clarke
Gilby Clarke, American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer best known for a 3-year tenure as the rhythm guitarist with Guns N’ Roses Guns N’ Roses, replacing Izzy Stradlin in 1991 during the Use Your Illusion Tour.

1958 – Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle, singer, from all-female American rock band The Go-Go’s, who had the 1982 US No.2 single, ‘We Got The Beat’, and the 1982 UK hit single ‘Our Lips Are Sealed’. Their 1981 debut album, Beauty and the Beat, is considered one of the “cornerstone albums of US new wave music”. Carlisle had the 1987 solo, US & UK No.1 single ‘Heaven Is A Place On Earth’.

1955 – Colin Moulding
Colin Moulding, bass, XTC, (1982 UK No.10 single ‘Senses Working Overtime’).

1953 – Kevin Rowland
Kevin Rowland, singer, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, (1982 UK No.1 & 1983 US No.1 single ‘Come On Eileen’). Solo 1986 UK No.13 single ‘Because Of You’).

1949 – Sib Hashian
Sib Hashian, drums, Boston, (1977 UK No.22 single ‘More Than A Feeling’, 1986 US No.1 single ‘Amanda’). Boston have sold more than 75 million records worldwide, including 31 million albums in the United States, of which 17 million were from their self-titled debut album and seven million were for their second album, Don’t Look Back, making them one of the world’s best-selling artists. Hashian died on March 22, 2017, at the age of 67, after collapsing in the middle of a set while performing on board a cruise ship.

1947 – Gary Talley
Gary Talley guitar, The Box Tops, (1967 US No.1 & UK No.5 single ‘The Letter’).

1944 – John Seiter
John Seiter, from American 1960s sunshine pop band Spanky And Our Gang, who had the 1967 US No.9 single ‘Sunday Will Never Be The Same Again’.

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1933 – Mark Dinning
Pop singer Mark Dinning is born in Manchester, Oklahoma.

1932 – Duke Pearson
Jazz pianist/composer Duke Pearson is born in Atlanta, Georgia.

1931 – Floyd Newman
Floyd Newman, American saxophonist, session musician and bandleader. As a baritone sax player, he was long associated with Stax Records, and as a member of The Mar-Keys’ horn section and the Memphis Horns. Newman also worked with Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, and B.B. King. Died May 23, 2023.

1919 – Georgia Gibbs
Jazz singer Georgia Gibbs is born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Known for the 1950 hit “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake.” Died December 9, 2006.

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